Replies to post #5294 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

The bonds in question aren’t callable.

[DewDiligence]

HES can’t do it, but DE can:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/deere-sells-1-6-billion-of-bonds-helping-to-extend-maturities.html

The Moline, Illinois- based company has pushed out the weighted average maturity date on its debt to June 2018 from October 2015 with nearly $5 billion of bond sales this year. That’s more than twice the amount sold for the same period in 2011.